Yolo-El Dorado-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Olds, Lweis 1822 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

LEWIS OLDS, a Yolo County farmer, was born June 5, 1822, in Worcester County,
Massachusetts, a son of Cheney and Anna (Walker) Olds, natives of Massachusetts.
The father, a farmer and shoemaker, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and
received a pension from the Government. He was a pioneer settler in Illinois, in
1836, in Whiteside County, where he lived until his death in 1874; his wife
survived until 1883 They had six sons and three daughters. Lewis was raised on a
farm, and when of age he engaged in lead-mining in Wisconsin for several years.
In 1850 he came across plain and mountain to California with horse teams, the
trip occupying four months. He arrived at Hangtown and commenced mining at
Coloma. In the fall he went down in the valley to sell some stock, and he also
killed some animals and elk. Late in that season he went to San Jose and spent
the winter. In the spring of 1851 he was a short time in San Francisco, and then
spent three years in the mines at Yanke Jim's and Michigan Bluff, with moderate
success In 1854 he settled upon his present property, six miles from Woodland,
which he obtained from the Government by pre-emption, and on this he made all
the improvements now existing there. The place consists of 160 acres, and he
carries on general farming and stock-raising.

  C. Olds, his brother, was born in August, 1832, in Cattaraugus County, New
York, was raised on a farm in Illinois, and was twenty years of age when in 1852
he came across the plains to California with ox teams, the time of the journey
being five months. After arriving here he spent five years at the mines at
Yankee Jim's, with moderate success, in collecting gold. Then, in 1857, he
settled in Yolo Comity upon a farm adjoining his brother, where he has ever
since been a constant resident engaged in agriculture. In 1868 he returned to
Illinois by way of the Isthmus, and in 1889 he visited Illinois again, but is
more than ever satisfied with his location in the Golden State.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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